Internal speakers and HDD

[Qacer]

Hi all,

Is it safe for the HD to be next to the internal speakers? I read that magnets and HDs don't go together. My case has a weird setup. The internal speaker is right next to where the HD mount is located. Me thinks I should take out the speakers. What do you think?



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[Lars_Coleman]

As long as it's magnetically shielded then you have nothing to worry about! Most speakers that have anything to do with computers are shielded.

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[Qacer]

Hi Lars,

How would I know if the speakers are shielded? Will they have some sort of lamination? If so, then I didn't feel any on the speakers of one of my systems. This system is one of two that had consecutive drive failures within a week's span.

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[OldBear]

Can you move the internal speaker away from the HD?

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[FatBurger]

Or just take it out? I don't think mine is even plugged in.

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[Qacer]

Actually, that was my original intention to take it out. However, I wanted to be sure whether or not it was the culprit that caused my HD failure. Recently, I was told that it does not cause HD failures, but it can possibly erase data.

It looks like I will end up taking it out. But before I do it, I'm going to look for a plastic casing for it.

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[upec]

In my old case I put my hard drive near the internal speaker and it works fine.

 

[CALV]

internal speakers arnt shielded, they are just a speaker, not normally encassed, however they are normally quite a few inches from the hdd, which is plenty of distance, I personally throw them away as I dont like my pc beeping at me, if you are concerned, move the speaker away from the hdd's


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[HonestJhon]

yeah, in my old at case, for my 233 mmx, the pc speaker was like RIGHT under the hard drive rack...like mounted on the hard drive rack.
i dont know why.
but i didnt move it, and didnt have ANY problems with the hard drive.
and i dont think plastic casing is magnetic shielding...is it?
i always thought that magnetic fields passed through plastic.
maybe there is some magic plastic that keeps magnetic fields from passing through them.


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